Device for straightening axles.



No.844,5 51. I PATENTED FEB;19,1907.'

, v F. E. TURNER.

DEVICE FOR .SI'RAIGHTBNING AXLES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, -1906.

2X in use:

FRANK E. TURNER, OF HARVARD, NEBRASKA.

DEVICE FOR STRAIGHTENING AXLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed May 24, 1906. Serial No. 318,683.

portable device which can be quickly at' tached to and detached from the axle to be straightened without removing the same from the vehicle.

In this connection the invention aims to provide a device which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and practical, and one which is not liable to become broken or to get out of order.

The detailed construction will appear in the course of the following description, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, like numerals designating like parts throughout the several views, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a detailed vertical transverse section illustrating the construction of the operating-lever. Big. 4 is a top plan view illustrating a supporting yoke or frame for the movable elements of the structure. Fig. 5 is a front-elevation thereof, and Fig. 6 is detailed perspective view of a clev1s or yoke employed to secure the structure upon the axle to be straightened.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a frame 1, comprismg a rearwardly-extending shank 2 and a forwardly-extending yoke 3, between the spaced side walls of which the operating elements are disposed. For the purpose of maintaining the frame 1 in the proper spaced relation to the axle to be straightened said frame is formed at the junction of the shank 2 and the yoke 3 with a depending integral shoe 5, designed to engage the collar or bead a, adjacent the spindle A of the axle. In this function the shoe 5 cooperates with a substantially U-shaped clev1s or yoke 6, between the vertical sides of which the shank 2 is received. The sides of the yoke 6 are each formed with elongated slots 8, one of said slots beingof less depth and in axial alinement with the other slot. A key or wedge 9 is inserted through the slots 8 and engages the upper face of the shank 2 and coacts with the shoe 5 in supporting the frame 1 upon the axle A.

The sides of the yoke 3 are formed with a series of alined openings 10 for the reception of a pin 11, which is inserted through a registering pan of openings 10 with respect to the ad ustment desired. Loosely mounted upon the pin 11 is an eccentrically-disposed annular casting 12, which is provided with an offset lever 13, designed to normally assume a substantially vertical position. An eccentric suspension-strap 14 loosely surrounds the casting 12 in concentric relation and is provided with a depending member 17, preferably integral therewith. The member 17 terminates in an enlarged annulus 18 for the reception of the spindle A of the axle to be straightened.

In practical use the apparatus is assembled in the desired position upon the axle in the manner shown in Fig. 1, in which the shoe 5 rests upon the collar a of the axle. The frame 1 is also supported upon the axle by the yoke 6 and key 9, passing through the slots 8 in the vertical sides of said yoke. The spindle to be straightened is passed through the annulus l8, and the lever 13 is pushed downwardly. In this operation the casting 12 is raised upon its eccentric, axis and through the medium of the connecting-strap 14 draws the member 17 and the annulus 18 in the proper direction to bend the axle 18 from its distorted contour to a substantially straight contour.

While the elements herein shown and de scribed are well adapted to serve the functions set forth, it is obvious that various minor changes may be made in the proportions, shape, and arrangement of the several parts Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having fully described my invention, I claim A device of the type set forth embodying a stationary frame formed with an integral shank and a forwardly-extending yoke formed with spaced parallel legs, a depending shoe carried by said frame between said shank and-said legs and perpendicular thereto, a clevis engaging said shank and coacting with said shoe to support said frame upon an object, said legs being each formed With a l horizontal series of apertures arranged in corresponding or registering pairs, mounted between said legs in a selected pair 5 of said apertures, a handle provided at its base with an offset disk-shaped casting, a pin passing eccentrically through said casting and a member formed at its upper end with an inte ral sleeve loosely encircling said cast. [0 ing and at its lower end with an integral a pin sleeve arranged at a substantial right angle to said first-named sleeve and designed to FRANK E. TURNER. Witnesses: W. H. HERZOG, F. KUEUNETHY. 

